Table A-2. Employment status of the civilian population by race, sex, and age

HOUSEHOLD DATA
Table A-2. Employment status of the civilian population by race, sex, and age [Numbers in thousands]
Employment status, race, sex, and age	Not seasonally adjusted			Seasonally adjusted(1)
Employment status, race, sex, and age	Apr. 2017	Mar. 2018	Apr. 2018	Apr. 2017	Dec. 2017	Jan. 2018	Feb. 2018	Mar. 2018	Apr. 2018
WHITE
Civilian noninstitutional population	198,685	199,871	199,950	198,685	199,458	199,738	199,799	199,871	199,950
Civilian labor force	124,676	125,508	125,488	124,972	125,200	125,334	125,930	125,714	125,731
Participation rate	62.8	62.8	62.8	62.9	62.8	62.7	63.0	62.9	62.9
Employed	120,214	120,946	121,358	120,141	120,551	120,886	121,274	121,236	121,233
Employment-population ratio	60.5	60.5	60.7	60.5	60.4	60.5	60.7	60.7	60.6
Unemployed	4,462	4,562	4,130	4,831	4,649	4,447	4,656	4,478	4,498
Unemployment rate	3.6	3.6	3.3	3.9	3.7	3.5	3.7	3.6	3.6
Not in labor force	74,009	74,363	74,462	73,713	74,258	74,405	73,869	74,157	74,219
Men, 20 years and over
Civilian labor force	65,263	65,889	65,988	65,299	65,511	65,732	65,948	65,928	65,982
Participation rate	71.9	72.0	72.1	71.9	71.8	71.9	72.1	72.1	72.1
Employed	63,103	63,507	63,848	63,047	63,307	63,510	63,683	63,734	63,746
Employment-population ratio	69.5	69.4	69.8	69.4	69.4	69.5	69.6	69.7	69.7
Unemployed	2,160	2,382	2,140	2,252	2,204	2,222	2,265	2,194	2,235
Unemployment rate	3.3	3.6	3.2	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.3	3.4
Women, 20 years and over
Civilian labor force	55,066	55,271	55,210	55,034	55,161	54,896	55,243	55,176	55,179
Participation rate	57.6	57.5	57.4	57.6	57.5	57.2	57.5	57.4	57.4
Employed	53,269	53,543	53,641	53,060	53,275	53,255	53,448	53,385	53,429
Employment-population ratio	55.8	55.7	55.8	55.5	55.5	55.5	55.7	55.6	55.6
Unemployed	1,798	1,727	1,568	1,974	1,886	1,641	1,795	1,791	1,750
Unemployment rate	3.3	3.1	2.8	3.6	3.4	3.0	3.3	3.2	3.2
Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
Civilian labor force	4,346	4,348	4,290	4,638	4,528	4,705	4,738	4,610	4,570
Participation rate	35.2	35.3	34.8	37.6	36.7	38.1	38.4	37.4	37.1
Employed	3,842	3,895	3,868	4,034	3,970	4,121	4,143	4,117	4,057
Employment-population ratio	31.1	31.6	31.4	32.7	32.2	33.4	33.6	33.4	32.9
Unemployed	504	453	421	605	559	584	595	492	512
Unemployment rate	11.6	10.4	9.8	13.0	12.3	12.4	12.6	10.7	11.2

BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN
Civilian noninstitutional population	32,161	32,638	32,672	32,161	32,436	32,575	32,607	32,638	32,672
Civilian labor force	20,046	20,347	20,172	20,097	20,153	20,211	20,495	20,466	20,220
Participation rate	62.3	62.3	61.7	62.5	62.1	62.0	62.9	62.7	61.9
Employed	18,577	18,955	18,953	18,507	18,790	18,663	19,087	19,051	18,892
Employment-population ratio	57.8	58.1	58.0	57.5	57.9	57.3	58.5	58.4	57.8
Unemployed	1,469	1,392	1,219	1,590	1,362	1,548	1,408	1,415	1,328
Unemployment rate	7.3	6.8	6.0	7.9	6.8	7.7	6.9	6.9	6.6
Not in labor force	12,116	12,291	12,500	12,064	12,283	12,364	12,112	12,172	12,452
Men, 20 years and over
Civilian labor force	9,135	9,258	9,248	9,153	9,178	9,254	9,438	9,314	9,257
Participation rate	68.1	67.8	67.6	68.2	67.7	67.9	69.2	68.2	67.7
Employed	8,505	8,670	8,681	8,485	8,576	8,564	8,880	8,749	8,663
Employment-population ratio	63.4	63.5	63.5	63.2	63.2	62.9	65.1	64.1	63.3
Unemployed	630	588	567	668	601	690	558	564	594
Unemployment rate	6.9	6.4	6.1	7.3	6.6	7.5	5.9	6.1	6.4
Women, 20 years and over
Civilian labor force	10,185	10,335	10,239	10,166	10,252	10,197	10,254	10,337	10,229
Participation rate	62.8	62.7	62.1	62.6	62.6	62.0	62.3	62.7	62.0
Employed	9,530	9,720	9,764	9,467	9,657	9,524	9,622	9,713	9,707
Employment-population ratio	58.7	59.0	59.2	58.3	59.0	57.9	58.5	59.0	58.9
Unemployed	655	616	475	699	595	673	632	624	522
Unemployment rate	6.4	6.0	4.6	6.9	5.8	6.6	6.2	6.0	5.1
Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
Civilian labor force	726	754	685	778	723	759	803	816	734
Participation rate	28.9	30.1	27.4	31.0	28.8	30.3	32.0	32.6	29.3
Employed	542	566	508	555	557	575	584	588	521
Employment-population ratio	21.6	22.6	20.3	22.1	22.2	22.9	23.3	23.5	20.8
Unemployed	184	189	177	224	166	185	219	227	213
Unemployment rate	25.3	25.0	25.8	28.7	22.9	24.3	27.2	27.9	29.0

ASIAN
Civilian noninstitutional population	15,389	15,983	15,933	15,389	15,610	15,731	15,792	15,983	15,933
Civilian labor force	9,749	10,138	10,034	9,756	9,782	9,885	9,908	10,092	10,034
Participation rate	63.4	63.4	63.0	63.4	62.7	62.8	62.7	63.1	63.0
Employed	9,448	9,833	9,765	9,444	9,536	9,584	9,617	9,780	9,755
Employment-population ratio	61.4	61.5	61.3	61.4	61.1	60.9	60.9	61.2	61.2
Unemployed	301	305	269	311	246	300	291	313	280
Unemployment rate	3.1	3.0	2.7	3.2	2.5	3.0	2.9	3.1	2.8
Not in labor force	5,640	5,845	5,898	5,633	5,829	5,846	5,884	5,891	5,898
Footnotes (1) The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted columns.
NOTE: Estimates for the above race groups will not sum to totals shown in table A-1 because data are not presented for all races. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

Last Modified Date: May 04, 2018

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Table A-2. Employment status of the civilian population by race, sex, and age

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